Why Is King County Stiffing The Taxpayers Over The West Seattle Water Taxi?

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  November 8th at 06:42 PM  | 

King County residents may remember that back in the fall of 2007 the  County Council approved a special property tax on all residents to support the creation of a Ferry District to fund the Vashon Island passenger ferry and year-round service for the West Seattle Water Taxi. The Ferry District was sort of a pet project of King County Executive Dow Constantine when he sat | Read More »

A David Letterman Moment in King County, Washington

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  October 29th at 12:02 PM  | 

Okay, wow. When I called Dow Constantine a smarmy politician I was just referring to his apparent level of comfort with lying about Council colleague Kathy Lambert. It appears there’s so much more. Allegations have surfaced that Constantine has been accused of sexually harassing a County employee, as Mark Griswold writes about at Sound Politics. Rumors of Dow Constantine’s inappropriate behavior have been swirling around | Read More »

In A Field Cleared of Liberal Competition, Constantine Still Hasn’t Closed The Deal

By: itsonlywords (Diary)  |  September 6th at 09:57 PM  | 

Susan Hutchison leads Dow Constantine in the King County Executive race, 47% to 44%, not that this information would be available to you if the Seattle Times were your primary source of local news; a search of their website this morning found no mention of the King5/SurveyUSA poll conducted September 1st through 3rd. The Seattle P-I does a bit better; they report the results, but | Read More »